Barbara Mandrell sang about being country when country wasn’t cool. She sang, “I took a lot of kidding, ‘cuz I never did fit in. Now look at everybody trying to be what I was then.” Oh, boy! I can relate! Not necessarily to being country, but I was certainly working from home before it was […]
Giving a business priority time on your calendar is a useful beginning. Preparing what you’ll need helps you use that time. Discover how planned leftovers offer a practical lesson in making important work easier to begin — and how one small adjustment can support your next step.
An invitation may fit on your calendar without showing everything your yes requires. Learn how to look beyond the appointment time, decide whether a commitment belongs in your week, and make practical adjustments that protect your priorities.
A meaningful priority can stay tucked into the corner you gave it years ago. Through the story of expanding her family’s boysenberry patch, Coach Michele Peterson shares how to give one business or personal priority a practical place in your workweek.
Business Owner You is an important part of who you are, but she isn’t all of you. Learn how the CEO of YOU, Inc. can lead two interconnected enterprises ─ the business you’re building and the life you’re building around it.
You created a workplace when you built your WFH business. But did you intentionally choose what it would feel like to work there? Here’s how to define the values and everyday behaviors that shape the culture of YOU, Inc.
What if you didn’t have to keep giving yourself permission to rest, take time off, set boundaries, or invest in yourself? Put simple HR policies in place and make the leadership decision once.
September offers WFH entrepreneurs something January can’t: eight months of real-life information. Instead of starting over, use the season ahead to choose your direction, set meaningful priorities, and decide how you want to lead your business — and YOU, Inc. — through fall.
Business results are information — not a verdict on you. Learn how to review what produced, what surprised you, what your results really cost, and what this season is trying to teach you before deciding what comes next.
Your time, attention, energy, and creativity are some of YOU, Inc.’s most valuable — and finite — resources. Good stewardship means more than protecting them. It means deciding what deserves them. Here’s how to separate good from right, prune what no longer belongs, and intentionally invest your best resources in the business and life you’re building now.
What if your company’s most valuable employee had to decide whether she wanted to keep working for you? For a solo entrepreneur, the CEO and employee are the same person — which means protecting, developing, and retaining that employee is a leadership responsibility. Meet the HR Department of YOU, Inc.